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February 2011

16 February 2011

after catching up on so many promised gnome hats and with all of the rest/down time around here because of illness, i'm determined to finish up as many wip's in my knitting basket as i can! first up is this sweet little pair of owl mittens that i'm knitting with malabrigo worsted (which i started back in january). i'm following the adult-sized give a hoot mitten pattern (by jocelyn tunney) but using smaller needles to size down for a child (along with a few other mods; see my ravelry notes for specifics). and just like the owl milo i made back in september, i'm using duplicate contrast stitching for the eyes and nose. one down, one to go!

i hope to finish up more wip's over the weekend and next week. :) as for my yarn update this week, i have eight lovely skeins of madelinetosh merino, in the colorful mansfield garden party colorway:

15 February 2011

well, despite taking the anti-viral, tamiflu, once maya tested positive for the seasonal flu...it's my turn. what i thought was just a mild case, now has me all fever and chills. time for the hot water bottle and some warm, soothing tea! (and hopefully a little bit of knitting, too.)

14 February 2011

i finished two more gnome hats this weekend, despite having a slight case of the flu. honestly, when it comes to knitting...not much can stop me. (but oh my goodness, i hope you're not tiring of all of these gnomey hats?) first up is the gnome hat i finished for my blogiversary giveaway winner, rebecca - a scrappy rainbow hat for her little one (she requested that i surprise her with the colorway). i decided to make this rainbow hat in true scrappy style (a bit differently than my previousrainbow incarnations), by just using bits of rainbow colors in various and sundry solid and variegated yarns. i quite like the way it turned out (and, as you may have guessed, maya is requesting one of her own)...

i also completed another scrappy gnome hat for one of maya's classmates. light and dark blues were requested for this one...

wishing you a lovely and happy valentine's day from here in gnomeland!

07 February 2011

oh yes, because knitting truly is my passion (waldorf mama that i am)...my new habit of making a weekend knitting post on mondays is just the thing i've been looking for to get my week off to a great start. and so, in my continuing effort to fill our waldorf school's playgrounds with as many gnome-hatted headsas possible - i bring you not 1, not 2, not 3...but 4 completed scrappy gnome hats today! the first two below are the boy/girl twin hats i've been working on...

these next two are the first two hats i've completed in a set of three gnome hats for three sisters that i'm making for a waldorf family at our school. each of the sisters chose similar versions to hats i've made previously - one rainbow, one like grace's (both shown below) and one in cool colors (still on the needles)...